Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification™

Design and deliver engaging virtual training

Our Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification (VFTC) course is designed to maximize their virtual training capabilities of trainers and facilitators.

Are you serious about maximizing your virtual training capabilities? Do you want a more rigorous learning experience to ensure that you know how to make online learning more engaging? Can you benefit from professional certification as part of your career development?

The Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification course may be right for you.

Learn how to:

  • Engage learner attention and participation in virtual training
  • Design effective online synchronous exercises using the web conference interaction tools
  • Design blended training solutions with interactive virtual training exercises
  • Describe virtual facilitation best practices
  • Increase learning transfer before, during, and after the facilitated online learning session
  • Develop and facilitate a 20-minute online learning experience for peers in this course

The VFTC course leads participants through a four-week, hands-on training experience. You will learn how to design and deliver powerful, high impact virtual training enhanced with interactive and engaging activities. The course includes:

  • Three synchronous facilitated webinars (4.5 hours)
  • Collaborative, self-paced assignments at the NetSpeed Fast Tracks™ website (12 – 20 hours)
  • A private coaching session to prepare for each participant's trainback (45 minutes)
  • Peer to peer learning through trainback presentations (6 hours)
  • A copy of Great Webinars by Cynthia Clay

A NetSpeed Master Trainer provides feedback on your assignments, models effective facilitation practices, and provides detailed feedback on your 20-minute trainback.

See below for delivery options and schedule.

This course was extremely helpful for our newly established learning and development team. We have varying levels of experience and unique skill sets; the virtual facilitator program put additional tools in each of our toolkits. It also served to set standards that we will follow for all virtual and blended training.
~ Lori Baker Lloyd, Sr. Specialist, VP/Director of Learning & Development, American National Bank
The Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification course is the magic potion for optimal learning transfer. I am amazed at how much I learned in a short amount of time. The course was effective due to incorporating both synchronous and asynchronous methods. We were given content in articles and handouts, immediately applied what we learned in class blogs, then reinforced the concepts during the web workshops through provocative slides and engaging interactive discussions. Bravo on putting together such a powerful learning experience!
~ Jane D., eCDA Facilitator, Bright Horizons
Thank you so much for all your help, guidance, and support with our team’s virtual facilitator training certification program. We appreciate you taking the time to understand our needs/requests and for tailoring the program to achieve our desired results.
~ Devonna Cabrera, Director, Training and Procedures, Signature Aviation

Delivery Options

Private

Schedule virtual workshops delivered by a certified NetSpeed Master Trainer. We collaborate with you to tailor the content of each web workshop to meet your specific needs and objectives. We blend engaging, online synchronous virtual training with collaborative asynchronous online learning.

  • Want multiple sessions delivered in your web conference platform? We have got you covered.
  • Prefer to have us deliver web workshops on our own platform? We can do that in Zoom, Adobe Connect, Webex, or your preferred web conferencing platform.
  • Want to make sure the whole virtual training experience is engaging and collaborative? That is the only way we do it!

If you are looking for a flexible, responsive training partner, NetSpeed Learning wants to work with you.

Public

We deliver six public sessions of the Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification course every year, making it easy for you to prepare trainers and instructional designers to know how to make virtual training effective. Cost per person: $1750

See below for a schedule of upcoming public VFTC course offerings.

We also offer public offerings of the Virtual Producer Course and Web Conference Essentials™ courses according to demand.

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Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification - May-June 2024

Pre-webinar assignments begin on May 16, 2024 at the NetSpeed Fast Tracks web site, with assignments due by the first webinar one week later.

(All times are shown in Eastern time.)

Session Topic Covered Day/Date Duration Start Time End Time
1 The Virtual Facilitator: Orientation to Web Presentation Skills Thu 5/23/24 90 minutes 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
2 Successful Webinar Training Delivery and Learning Transfer Thu 5/30/24 90 minutes 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
3 From Chalkboard to Keyboard: Repurposing Training for Engaging Web Delivery Thu 6/6/24 90 minutes 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
4 Completing and Facilitating a Design for an Interactive Webinar
(Train back Session 1)
Tue 6/18/24 90 minutes 3:00 pm 4:30 pm


The number of additional trainbacks is determined by class size. Scheduled sessions will be confirmed when the course opens. Participants will present in only one session, but will be asked to attend all scheduled trainback sessions, to participate, support their peers, and learn from each other.

Register for this session

Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification - September-October 2024

Pre-webinar assignments begin on September 12, 2024 at the NetSpeed Fast Tracks web site, with assignments due by the first webinar one week later.

(All times are shown in Eastern time.)

Session Topic Covered Day/Date Duration Start Time End Time
1 The Virtual Facilitator: Orientation to Web Presentation Skills Thu 9/19/24 90 minutes 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
2 Successful Webinar Training Delivery and Learning Transfer Thu 9/26/24 90 minutes 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
3 From Chalkboard to Keyboard: Repurposing Training for Engaging Web Delivery Thu 10/3/24 90 minutes 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
4 Completing and Facilitating a Design for an Interactive Webinar
(Train back Session 1)
Tue 10/15/24 90 minutes 3:00 pm 4:30 pm


The number of additional trainbacks is determined by class size. Scheduled sessions will be confirmed when the course opens. Participants will present in only one session, but will be asked to attend all scheduled trainback sessions, to participate, support their peers, and learn from each other.

Register for this session

Virtual Facilitator Trainer Certification - November 2024

Pre-webinar assignments begin on October 25, 2024 at the NetSpeed Fast Tracks web site, with assignments due by the first webinar one week later.

(All times are shown in Eastern time.)

Session Topic Covered Day/Date Duration Start Time End Time
1 The Virtual Facilitator: Orientation to Web Presentation Skills Fri 11/1/24 90 minutes 1:00 pm 2:30 pm
2 Successful Webinar Training Delivery and Learning Transfer Fri 11/8/24 90 minutes 12:00 pm 1:30 pm
3 From Chalkboard to Keyboard: Repurposing Training for Engaging Web Delivery Fri 11/15/24 90 minutes 12:00 pm 1:30 pm
4 Completing and Facilitating a Design for an Interactive Webinar
(Train back Session 1)
Tue 11/26/24 90 minutes 2:00 pm 3:30 pm


The number of additional trainbacks is determined by class size. Scheduled sessions will be confirmed when the course opens. Participants will present in only one session, but will be asked to attend all scheduled trainback sessions, to participate, support their peers, and learn from each other.

Register for this session